I always wanted to see him back with the Eagles, his side of the story is the Don Henley and Glenn Frye fired him.
Whatever the reason, at their age, kiss and make up and get back to making great music, now that Glenn Frye is gone, I think in his memory get back together.
A bit of trivia, Don Felder, Tom Petty and Bernie Leadon (original member of the Eagles), all live in the same neighborhood in Gainesville, Fl around the same time and Felder actually was a guitar teacher to Tom Petty.
“the same neighborhood in Gainesville, Fl “
Don’t forget Duane Allman who greatly influenced Felder.
Leadon told the band about Felder, who sat in with them at least once, and that made Felder an easy hire, and later, an easy fire.
Based on at least one story (the Alan Cranston fiasco) that Frye told, IOW, just getting his side of it, I’d conclude that Frye was a total *******.
I watched a 3 hour Eagles documentary on Netflix. It was mostly told by Henley and Frey. My impression was that Frey didn’t care much for Felder. He claimed that Felder wanted to claim every credit for their sings by coming up with a stray note or minor guitar riff.
I grew up in that neighborhood, albeit not quite when they were there. They were already famous by the time I moved there.
My limited understanding is that Felder is persona non grata to the rest of the Eagles. They will never kiss and make up,
In the final instance, Frey and Henley were insisting the Eagles play a fundraiser for Alan Cranston. Felder wasn’t into it and said, “Why can’t we just play music and not get into politics?” Felder was apparently very dismissive of Cranston to his face, which infuriated Frey. As they continued to play, Frey said to him, “Two more songs until I kick your ass!” Then, “One more song, Don!” Felder apparently took off without a ridiculous fistfight and never looked back.
A bit of trivia, Don Felder, Tom Petty and Bernie Leadon (original member of the Eagles), all live in the same neighborhood in Gainesville, Fl around the same time and Felder actually was a guitar teacher to Tom Petty.
Steven Stills was there too, for awhile. Must have been all that “Gainesville Green”.
*** Felder actually was a guitar teacher to Tom Petty***
The music store was Lipham’s, IIRC. I had a friend that worked there for a while, in between gigs. Musically talented guy, self-taught. I’ve lost touch with most of those folks.